Mr. David O'Brien:

It is made up of officials from all the main capital spending bodies, not just Departments but also Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the Office of Public Works, the HSE and so on. They would generally be officials with a background in construction project delivery. It meets roughly every six weeks. It is an advisory forum for policy. The reason the GCCC gets involved is that under the circular that introduced the capital works management framework and the public works contract, the default position is a lump sum contract, in recognition of the fact that is not always a suitable approach-----